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Unravel the Mystery with Suspense! - The Classic Radio Thriller Series Step back in time to the golden age of radio with ”Suspense!” - the iconic series that captivated audiences from 1942 to 1962 with its thrilling tales and unforgettable performances. Featuring over 900 broadcasts penned by renowned authors and directors, ”Suspense!” brought the finest in thriller and mystery genres to the airwaves. Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, ”Suspense!” showcased Hollywood’s brightest stars, including Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, and Marlene Dietrich. Under the masterful direction of William Spier, known as the ”Hitchcock of the airwaves,” the series delivered gripping human dramas that kept listeners on the edge of their seats. From the eerie introductions by the ”Man in Black” to the evocative scores by Bernard Hermann and Lucian Moraweck, ”Suspense!” was a paragon of radio production excellence. The show’s unique formula of minimal rehearsal and genuine unease created authe...

646 episodes

  1. Fragile-Contents Death

    Oct 23, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 22, 1956 Suspense #651, "Fragile-Contents Death," Postmaster Doug Jordan's routine morning is shattered by a chilling anonymous phone call. A time bomb has been mailed to someone in his city, set to detonate at 2:30 that afternoon—less than five hours away. The caller, troubled by conscience, warns that the device will explode either on timer or when opened, but refuses to reveal the intended victim's name before the line goes dead. With thousands of packages flowing through his post office and no way to identify which one contains death, Jordan faces an impossible task. He immediately assembles his team—Fox, Stuart, and postal inspector Ed Williams—to begin a desperate search through the mail. As the clock ticks toward detonation, Jordan orders all delivery trucks recalled, substations contacted, and every package brought back for examination. The team calls in the state police explosive expert and arranges for a fluoroscope to be flown in, hoping technology can help identify the bomb without triggering it. The memory of a carrier in Bowling Green, Kentucky, nearly killed by a similar device, haunts their efforts as they race against time to prevent tragedy.

  2. The Death Parade

    Oct 23, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 15, 1956 Suspense #650, "The Death Parade," Ellen Johnson, a precise and methodical woman who has never missed work in 12 years, finds her routine disrupted when a rude stranger spills coffee on her dress at breakfast. Forced to return home to change, she discovers an unsealed letter on the sidewalk addressed simply to "Sheila Mannix." The letter contains a chilling warning: a man named Jack murdered someone the previous year by pushing them off a building, and he plans to kill Sheila too—at noon during a parade at the corner of Maine and Thomas. Unable to ignore the threat, Ellen becomes determined to find Sheila and deliver the warning before it's too late. With only hours remaining before the parade begins, Ellen frantically searches for the right Sheila Mannix, tracking down leads and making desperate phone calls. Now sitting in a police station after a young woman has fallen from a rooftop during the parade, Ellen must explain to Lieutenant how her discovery of the letter set these tragic events in motion, and whether she could have prevented what happened on that roof.

  3. The Phones Die First

    Oct 22, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 8, 1956 Suspense #649, "The Phones Die First," presents the harrowing final hours of Frank Brunner, a condemned prisoner awaiting execution. As four o'clock arrives, Sergeant Bradley and Captain oversee Brunner's final afternoon on death row. Before being moved downstairs, Frank says goodbye to fellow inmates Whitey, Shaker, and a defiant young prisoner known as Kid, giving away his possessions—law books, a dictionary, and a copy of Tom Sawyer. The captain grants him a final visit with his sister Ruthie in an unusual departure from routine. During their emotional meeting, Frank makes a desperate request: he wants Ruthie to contact the family of Alice, the woman he killed, to explain that he murdered her not from hatred but from the unbearable pain of losing her to someone else. As evening falls and Frank is moved to the death cell, the reality of his situation becomes inescapable. The warden is expected at nine o'clock with potential news from the state capitol, though Frank harbors little hope for a reprieve. He requests a phonograph with classical music and asks to see the chaplain, acknowledging he doesn't want to face the morning alone. Meanwhile, up on death row, the inmates discuss Frank's fate and wait to see if the phones will die first.

  4. The Waxwork

    Oct 22, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 1, 1956 Suspense #648, "The Waxwork," Raymond Hewson, a struggling freelance journalist desperate to support his wife and family, strikes a deal with the manager of Mariner's Waxworks to spend a night alone in the notorious Murderer's Den for a story. The manager warns him that the cellar filled with wax figures of history's most appalling killers creates an oppressive, sinister atmosphere that would unnerve anyone. Despite his own revulsion, Hewson needs the money from selling his article to the Morning Echo, plus the five-pound bonus the manager promises. As the manager escorts Hewson through the dimly-lit chamber, they pass figures of infamous murderers: Crippen, Armstrong, Charles Peace, and others frozen in their waxwork poses. But one figure particularly disturbs Hewson—a small man with waxed moustaches and piercing eyes behind spectacles. This is Dr. Baudette, a French physician who killed for pleasure with a razor, mesmerizing his victims before slashing their throats. Though Baudette disappeared before capture and is presumed dead, his lifelike effigy seems unnervingly real as Hewson prepares to spend the long night surrounded by these silent, staring murderers.

  5. The Seventh Letter

    Oct 21, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 17, 1956 Suspense #646, "The Seventh Letter," a postman named Henry R. Gilligan is found murdered during his early morning collection run in a quiet Southern California suburb. Lieutenant Joseph Carter arrives at the scene to find Gilligan's body near an open mailbox with six letters scattered on the sidewalk. As Carter examines the evidence, he develops a compelling theory: seven letters were mailed in that box, but only six were recovered. Someone desperate to retrieve their letter must have confronted Gilligan, and when the postman refused to return it—bound by postal regulations—the confrontation turned deadly. Working with Sergeant Saul Morris, Carter begins investigating the neighborhood residents who had access to that mailbox. The question becomes urgent: what could someone have written that was worth killing for? As the detectives compile a list of potential suspects and piece together the events of that fatal night, they race to identify the person who mailed the missing seventh letter before the trail goes cold.

  6. The Lonely Heart

    Oct 21, 2026 · 25 min

    Originally Aired: April 10, 1956 Suspense #645, "The Lonely Heart," centers on the baffling disappearance of Esther Leach two years earlier. Chief Inspector Finch brings in her husband, Stanley Leach, a gentle-seeming elderly bird shop owner, for questioning about his wife's vanishing. Despite suspicious circumstances—a violent quarrel overheard by neighbors the night before Esther disappeared, her ownership of the shop before their marriage, and destroyed postcards supposedly sent from her travels—Leach maintains his innocence and claims his strong-willed wife simply left to wander. With no body and insufficient evidence to make an arrest, Commissioner Blaine demands results, though Finch worries that bringing Leach in prematurely has put their suspect on guard. As Finch investigates further, he interviews Esther's nephew Richard Cade, who insists his stubborn aunt would never have left London and points the inspector toward a new lead: Ada Willis, a beautiful young woman who works at Selfridge's toy department and may have been involved with Stanley Leach. The case deepens as Finch begins pursuing this unexpected connection, hoping it will finally lead him to the truth about what happened to Esther Leach.

  7. Game Hunt

    Oct 20, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 3, 1956 Suspense #644, "Game Hunt," professional hunter R. Cross leads American businessman Babson on a safari in Kenya country, tracking a magnificent black-maned lion. When Babson fires prematurely against Cross's orders, he wounds the lion but fails to stop it. The animal escapes into eight-foot-tall elephant grass, transforming from trophy into one of the most dangerous threats in Africa: a wounded, enraged predator. Cross and his native tracker Charlie must now pursue the lion into dense cover where it holds every advantage. As they follow the blood trail deeper into the treacherous grass, Cross reveals a troubling secret to Charlie: for the first time in his career, he feels hatred for the trophy hunters he guides, and something about this particular hunt has shaken his nerve. The professional hunter who Babson hired for his courage suddenly finds himself lacking that essential quality. With a storm approaching that will wash away the blood trail, Cross must confront both the wounded lion and his own failing resolve before the inevitable charge comes.

  8. The Murderess

    Oct 20, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: March 27, 1956 Suspense #643, "The Murderess," stars Kathy Lewis as Marion, a woman consumed by dread as she counts down the final hours before Margaret Bailey's execution at 8 PM. Marion awakens determined to distract herself through the day, avoiding newspapers and radio broadcasts, yet she cannot escape reminders of the convicted killer everywhere she turns. When her cleaning woman Laura arrives, their conversation inevitably drifts to Mrs. Bailey's case, with Laura insisting the attractive widow must be innocent and speculating that "another woman" might be the real murderer, sitting somewhere laughing while Bailey faces death. Marion's anxiety intensifies when Laura discovers a hidden photograph of a man Marion claims is a disreputable cousin, though her extreme reaction suggests otherwise. As the clock ticks relentlessly forward and Marion deflects her mother's innocent invitation to watch television at eight o'clock, the tension builds around Marion's mysterious connection to the case. Her obsessive time-checking, her inability to look at her own reflection without seeing the word "murderess," and her terror that Laura might remember where she's seen the man in the photograph all point toward a devastating secret that will be revealed when eight o'clock finally arrives.

  9. Gallardo

    Oct 19, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: March 20, 1956 In Suspense #642, "Gallardo," Rudy Gallardo narrates a dark tale of obsession and murder within a circus aerial act. Rudy works as the catcher for Nikki, his adopted brother and the troupe's brilliant flyer, but their lifelong bond shatters when a new performer named Feather joins the act. From the moment she arrives, the beautiful and mysterious aerialist captivates both men. Rudy becomes consumed by his love for Feather, despite sensing something dangerous and unreachable behind her cat-like yellow eyes. As the weeks pass, jealousy poisons Rudy's relationship with Nikki, who has clearly won Feather's affections. The episode opens with Rudy's chilling admission that he has decided he must kill Nikki. As the three performers prepare for their act, Rudy watches Nikki whisper to Feather and realizes that tonight is the night. Through flashbacks, listeners learn how Feather's arrival transformed their "mutual admiration society" into bitter rivalry, and how Rudy's obsession grew as he watched the woman he loves choose his brother. Now, positioned in the catch trap high above the ring, Rudy prepares to let Nikki fall during his dangerous triple somersault.

  10. The Groom of the Ladder

    Oct 19, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: March 13, 1956 Suspense #641, "The Groom of the Ladder," presents the dark and tortured world of John Price, England's public hangman. Known derisively as "Jack Ketch," Price is a bitter, desperate man shunned by society for his grim profession. Despite his position of authority, he finds himself drowning in debt and ostracized at every turn. His fellow citizens either avoid him entirely or mock him cruelly, and even his attempts to socialize at the Blue Boar tavern end in humiliation. When he tries to borrow money from William Artney, a subordinate who covets his job, Price is met with feigned sympathy and transparent lies. His isolation deepens as watchmen search for him over unpaid debts that threaten to land him in Marshalsea prison. At home, Price faces equal contempt from his wife Betty, who is ashamed of being married to the hangman. Their bitter confrontation erupts when he demands their meager savings to pay his debts, with Betty calling him a murderer in front of their child. The episode follows Price's descent as the burdens of his profession, his financial ruin, and his complete lack of human connection drive him toward desperation.

  11. Quiet Night

    Oct 18, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: March 6, 1956 In Suspense #640, "Quiet Night," three convicts on a Florida road gang see their chance for freedom when a routine flight from Havana crashes deep in the Everglades. Harry Bryar, nursing bitter rage over a divorce letter from his unfaithful wife, joins fellow prisoners Joe and Fats as trustees selected to help Sheriff George Upshaw and his deputy Bert reach the wreckage. The sheriff, ignoring his wife Martha's pleas and his doctor's warnings about his failing health, leads the dangerous trek through ten miles of treacherous cypress swamp. What begins as a rescue mission soon becomes something far more sinister as the prisoners recognize their opportunity and the lawmen struggle against both the hostile wilderness and the sheriff's deteriorating condition. As the group pushes deeper into the mangrove swamp, tensions mount. Deputy Bert keeps his shotgun ready, particularly wary of Harry despite his trustee status, while the brutal terrain takes its toll on everyone, especially the ailing sheriff. The ten-mile journey to the crash site becomes a test of survival, with the promise of a smoke flare to guide them and the very real possibility that not everyone will make it back to civilization.

  12. The Diary of Captain Scott

    Oct 18, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: February 28, 1956 Suspense #639, "The Diary of Captain Scott," presents the harrowing true account of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition. In January 1912, Scott and his four companions—Evans, Oates, Wilson, and Bowers—reach the South Pole only to discover they've been beaten by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Devastated but determined, the five men face an 800-mile trek back to their ship in temperatures plunging to 30 degrees below zero. As Scott records in his diary, the journey becomes a desperate race against starvation, frostbite, and the brutal Antarctic elements. The expedition quickly deteriorates as supplies dwindle and the men suffer from snow blindness, frozen limbs, and disorientation. Evans, his hands and face badly blistered, grows increasingly weak and delirious. Despite Scott's encouragement and the team's efforts to keep moving toward their supply camps, the crushing cold and exhaustion take their toll. Each diary entry reveals mounting desperation as the men struggle to pull their sledge through impossible conditions, knowing that every delay brings them closer to catastrophe.

  13. Hollywood Hostages

    Oct 17, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: February 21, 1956 In Suspense #638, "Hollywood Hostages," location scout Tommy Brown and photographer Eve McVeigh arrive at a deserted ghost town called Powderville, 180 miles from Hollywood, to scout locations for a new picture. Tommy, a veteran of director Murphy's notorious practical jokes, warns Eve about their boss's twisted sense of humor. When a mysterious man appears in one of Eve's photographs and steals their car, stranding them in the desert, Tommy is convinced it's just another elaborate Murphy prank. However, things take a darker turn when they seek shelter from an approaching rainstorm in the hotel and discover a wounded man bleeding on the floor. Tommy remains skeptical, insisting the injured man is another planted actor using ketchup for blood, but Eve isn't so sure. As they wait on the hotel porch in the rain, the line between elaborate joke and genuine danger becomes increasingly blurred. When another car finally approaches through the storm, they hope for rescue, but in this isolated ghost town where nothing is as it seems, the real question becomes whether they've stumbled into a deadly situation that has nothing to do with Hollywood pranks at all.

  14. Listen Young Lovers

    Oct 17, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: February 14, 1956 Suspense #637, "Listen Young Lovers," presents the harrowing true story of Yinrik and Milana, two young lovers in communist-controlled Czechoslovakia. When Yinrik, a 21-year-old university student, is caught reading forbidden Western philosophy, he faces brutal interrogation by party officials who offer him a choice: submit to ideological re-education or face execution. Comrade Stepan, one of his inquisitors, later visits Yinrik and his fiancée Milana at home, delivering a chilling ultimatum that makes clear the young man's time is running out. The couple realizes they have no future under the oppressive regime that has already claimed other students who dared to think freely. Desperate and out of options, Yinrik and Milana make a fateful decision: they will attempt to escape to freedom together, undertaking the dangerous 300-mile journey to the border. Armed with only candy bars, determination, and small bottles of poison in case of capture, the young lovers set out on foot through a countryside filled with guards, informers, and patrol dogs. As they make their way from Prague toward the border, exhausted and hunted, their love and courage are tested at every turn.

  15. Variations on a Theme

    Oct 16, 2026 · 31 min

    Originally Aired: February 7, 1956 Suspense #636, "Variations on a Theme," Herman Milford has finally had enough of his nagging wife Joe after twenty years of marriage, and he's spent five years meticulously planning the perfect murder. On what should be a routine Tuesday morning as the couple prepares to leave for their cabin at Piney Crest, Herman executes his plan with chilling precision. He knocks Joe unconscious, binds and gags her with electrical tape, and stuffs her into a heavy metal trunk. His scheme is elegantly simple: ship the trunk to their remote cabin, then take his still-living wife out to the middle of the bottomless lake and send her to a watery grave where no one will ever find her body. However, Herman's carefully orchestrated plan begins to unravel almost immediately. When the expressman's truck breaks down and neighbors like the chatty Louise start asking questions about Joe's whereabouts, Herman finds himself improvising desperately to keep his story straight. As the minutes tick by and complications mount, Herman must maintain his composure while his trapped wife remains sealed in the trunk, aware of her fate and waiting for rescue or doom.

  16. Arctic Rescue

    Oct 16, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 31, 1956 Suspense #635, "Arctic Rescue," opens with a harrowing scene: on Christmas night, somewhere near the 73rd parallel north of the Arctic Circle, two men lie stranded on a desolate ice flow. First mate Gerald Stewart finds himself helpless beside the unconscious Captain Jonathan Blake, both waiting for what seems like certain death. Through Stewart's narration, the story flashes back to the previous June, when their ship, the Jessica, departed New York on a noble mission. Commissioned by Lady Franklin, Captain Blake and his crew set out to discover the fate of her husband, Sir John Franklin, and his two ships, the Erebus and Terror, which vanished years earlier while searching for the Northwest Passage. As the Jessica ventures into uncharted Arctic waters, guided by ice pilot Patrick Hansen, the crew faces the daunting reality of their mission. The expedition pushes into the frozen wilderness with the desperate hope of finding answers and returning by Christmas. However, Hansen's warnings about the perils of Arctic ice and the dangers of being frozen in during winter hang ominously over the voyage, setting the stage for the disaster that leaves Stewart and Blake stranded on the ice.

  17. The Cellar Door

    Oct 15, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 24, 1956 Suspense #634, "The Cellar Door," presents a parent's worst nightmare in this taut domestic thriller. Joe and Anne are enjoying a quiet Sunday at home with their precocious toddler Sandy, who isn't quite two years old. While Anne prepares to give Sandy his bath, Joe heads down to the basement to drain the water heater. When Anne comes partway down the cellar stairs to hand Joe a pair of pliers, disaster strikes: the cellar door swings shut and locks behind her, trapping both parents in the basement. Upstairs, little Sandy is alone in a house filled with dangers - a bathtub running with water, a flame burning on the stove, and an unlocked screen door leading to the street. As Joe frantically tries to break through the locked door with only a screwdriver and pliers, Anne calls desperately to Sandy through the door, trying to keep track of him and guide him to safety. The parents' terror mounts as sounds from upstairs suggest the child is moving around the house, and ominous silence alternates with the splash of water. Their only hope is to somehow coach the toddler into turning the doorknob and releasing them before tragedy strikes.

  18. End of the String

    Oct 15, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 17, 1956 Suspense #633, "End of the String," tells the story of Mark Hendricks, a young costume jewelry dealer who witnesses a shocking crime. Mark happens to be visiting Sam Hiler, a successful pearl merchant, when Sam opens a registered package supposedly containing a million-dollar pearl necklace sent from his Detroit office. Inside, instead of sixty-one perfect pearls, they find eight cubes of sugar. The elderly Sam collapses from shock as his fortune vanishes before his eyes. The police and postal inspectors descend on the office, questioning everyone including Mark, the secretary Miss Cummings, and the nervous mailman who delivered the package. Despite extensive investigation, no one can determine how the switch occurred, since the package bore Sam's authentic wax seal and was never left unattended. As weeks pass with no breaks in the case, Sam grows increasingly despondent over his loss, even as the insurance company offers a fifty-thousand-dollar reward. Mark befriends the broken old man, but his real intentions become clear when he approaches Sam's secretary Jeannie with a mysterious proposition involving a hundred thousand dollars, suggesting that Mark may know more about the missing pearls than he's revealed.

  19. Two Platinum Capsules

    Oct 14, 2026 · 24 min

    Originally Aired: January 10, 1956 Suspense #632, "Two Platinum Capsules," presents a harrowing race against time when deadly radioactive capsules go missing from a California hospital. At Middle Branch Hospital, Dr. Carl Hutter and nurses Helen Webster and Elsie Burton discover that two platinum capsules filled with radium have vanished from the locked safe in room 222. As suspicion briefly falls on Miss Webster and her fiancé, Dr. Perry, the hospital prepares to search the building with a Geiger counter. Meanwhile, completely unaware of the danger, eleven-year-old Johnny Murphy and his friend Peter explore the city's new dump site at an old gravel pit. Johnny's father George, a part-time uranium prospector struggling to make payments on his own Geiger counter, rests at home after a fruitless prospecting trip. The two storylines converge ominously as the boys innocently poke through discarded items at the dump, while hospital officials frantically try to locate the lethal capsules before someone handles them without realizing the deadly radiation they emit. Based on a true incident, this taut thriller builds mounting tension as the search intensifies and time runs out.

  20. The Mystery of the Marie Celeste

    Oct 14, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: December 27, 1955 Suspense #630, "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste," presents a chilling explanation for one of history's greatest maritime mysteries. Sam Newcomb boards the brigantine Mary Celeste as a stowaway, hiding in the cargo hold for two days before presenting himself to Captain Briggs. Tortured by guilt over killing a young woman named Grace in a fit of jealous rage, Newcomb initially intends to confess his crime. However, when he discovers the captain's wife shares the victim's name and shows him unexpected kindness, he loses his nerve and instead claims he fled New York over a broken heart. The captain's wife persuades her husband to give Newcomb a chance, assigning him to work with the crew. As the Mary Celeste sails toward Naples, Newcomb endures brutal treatment from the other sailors, particularly a menacing deckhand named Hubbard who blames Newcomb for getting him in trouble with the captain. Despite constant beatings, Newcomb refuses to fight back, terrified of his own capacity for violence. When he awakens one night to find Hubbard standing over his bunk with an unsettling smile, Newcomb realizes something sinister is unfolding aboard the doomed vessel.

  21. The Cave

    Oct 13, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: December 20, 1955 In Suspense #629, "The Cave," ten-year-old Dan receives a powerful flashlight for Christmas and convinces his reluctant friend George to explore the legendary big cave near the sand dunes. Armed with Dan's new flashlight and George's toy gun, the boys venture deeper than they've ever dared before, following mysterious underground tunnels and a strange saltwater stream. When they discover a tiny handkerchief floating in the water—perhaps a message from someone in distress—Dan's imagination runs wild with thoughts of pirates and buried treasure, and he insists they press on despite George's growing fear and hunger. As the cave walls suddenly vanish and the stream becomes a vast underground lake, the boys make a startling discovery: stars appear overhead even though they know they're still deep underground. When Dan's flashlight is lost in the water, they find themselves in an impossible twilight world. Strange echoes bounce back their voices, and then they see figures on the sand—men who appear to be pirates, violent and threatening. The boys have stumbled into something far beyond a simple cave exploration, a mysterious realm where the boundaries between reality and fantasy have dissolved entirely.

  22. A Present for Benny

    Oct 13, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: December 13, 1955 Suspense #628, "A Present for Benny," Ricky, a small-time hood, receives a threatening Christmas letter from rival gangster Machine Gun Benny, who hijacked Ricky's fur shipment and is now declaring war. Instead of responding with an open gunfight, Ricky devises a sinister holiday scheme. While at Halgram's department store buying an ermine coat for his girlfriend Mill, Ricky purchases two identical gift boxes—one for the coat and one empty. He orders his associate Artie to construct a bomb with a 23-hour timer and plans to have it delivered to Benny disguised as a Christmas present from the high-class store, ensuring his enemy won't suspect a thing. As Ricky's crew—including loyal but dim-witted henchmen Swifty, No Nose, and Artie the Grunt—execute the elaborate plan, the clock ticks down toward 4 o'clock the following afternoon when the deadly package is set to explode. With Christmas cheer masking murderous intent, Ricky believes he's found the perfect solution to eliminate his rival without raising suspicion, proving that sometimes the most dangerous gifts come wrapped in the prettiest packages.

  23. When the Bough Breaks

    Oct 12, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: December 6, 1955 Suspense #627, "When the Bough Breaks," presents a chilling portrait of a marriage built on suspicion and greed. Evie Stryker has just been acquitted of murdering her wealthy grandfather with cyanide, and she wastes no time marrying Harry, the man she met on a beach who may have helped her commit the crime. As the newlyweds settle into their home, ready to enjoy the inheritance, they receive an unwelcome visitor: Corcoran, a relentless newspaper reporter who sees through their carefully constructed facade. He points out a disturbing fact that will haunt their marriage—while Evie can never be tried again for the same murder, Harry was never charged and remains vulnerable to prosecution if his wife ever decides to talk. What follows is a tense psychological battle as the couple confronts the terrible truth of their relationship. Evie, insecure about why a man like Harry would want a woman in her late thirties, begins to question whether he married her for love or money. Harry must now live with the knowledge that his freedom rests entirely in the hands of a wife who may not trust him, creating a twisted dynamic where power, paranoia, and desperation intertwine.

  24. This Will Kill You

    Oct 12, 2026 · 31 min

    Originally Aired: November 29, 1955 In Suspense #626, "This Will Kill You," Joe Jordan narrates his own story, convinced he has something remarkable to share. Working at Acme Engineering as a machinist, Joe finds himself constantly at odds with his foreman, Charlie Harris. What Joe sees as petty harassment—being called out for tardiness, smoking violations, and poor performance—begins to consume him. As tensions escalate, a physical confrontation leaves Joe humiliated when Charlie knocks him out with what Joe insists was just a lucky punch. Joe bides his time, playing it cool while nursing his grudge, but the resentment grows into an obsession marked by pounding headaches that won't stop. The situation reaches a breaking point when Joe sets his sights on Harriet, an attractive company stenographer, only to discover she's dating Charlie. At the company dance, Joe's attempt to cut in is rebuffed when Charlie calls him a jerk in front of everyone. As Joe returns home that night, the relentless pounding in his head builds to a crescendo—and then suddenly stops. In that eerie silence, something fundamental has shifted in Joe Jordan's disturbed mind.

  25. Classified Secret

    Oct 11, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: November 22, 1955 Suspense #625, "Classified Secret," stars Parley Baer as Charlie Rader, a man carrying something of vital importance to national security aboard a cross-country bus from California to New York. When a mysterious woman approaches him in a North Hollywood park demanding twenty thousand dollars instead of the agreed-upon ten thousand for what he possesses, Charlie refuses and quickly boards a bus to escape. He strikes up a friendly conversation with his seatmate, Julie Spaulding, a pleasant young woman traveling to her sister's wedding, and the journey seems routine as they share magazines and small talk through the desert night. But Charlie's troubles have only just begun. After dozing off, he awakens to find a seemingly friendly stranger offering him cigarettes and casual conversation. The man's pleasant demeanor quickly turns menacing when he reveals that the woman from the park is on the bus, that they've been tracking Charlie all along, and that he's carrying a concealed automatic. With a smile that barely masks his threat, the stranger makes it clear that if Charlie won't sell what he's carrying, they'll take it by force. Charlie realizes he's trapped on a moving bus with enemies who will stop at nothing, and that he may have to kill them before they kill him if he hopes to reach New York alive.